Vikings Postgame Report

Welcome to Week 4 of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings are heading home from Charlotte with a 21-13 victory over the Panthers. The Vikings Defense and rushing attack stepped up and powered the team to their first win on the season. The team settled down after an opening drive pick-six by Sam Frankling Jr., but the team settled down and were able to keep the game within 6 points going into h...

Welcome to Week 3 of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings drop their second home game and move to 0-3, this time against the Chargers at U.S. Bank Stadium. The inability to convert in critical situations and costly turnovers seemed to prove too difficult to overcome. The Vikings Offense only converted 1-of-4 attempts inside the Red Zone, including an interception in the endzone with only secon...

Welcome back to the Week 2 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings falter in their Thursday Night Football matchup in Philadelphia, 34-28.  Costly turnovers reared their ugly head for a second straight week and the Vikings couldn't overcome the -3 turnover differential once again. After a wild first half, the Eagles found success running the ball and controlling the time of possession...

Welcome back to the Week 1 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings drop their home opener to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 20-17 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Costly turnovers and penalties seemingly made the difference, as the Vikings Offense was -3 in the take/give stat, with 2 of them occurring inside the Tampa Bay 30-yard line. Cousins went 33-of-44 passing, threw 2 touchdown passes and an int...

Welcome to the 2023 preseason finale of the Vikings Postgame Report from U.S. Bank Stadium. The Minnesota Vikings wrapped up their home preseason season schedule on Saturday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals. The Vikings jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the First Quarter but finished their scoring at the end of the First Half on a 26-yard field goal by Greg Joseph. Their 17-...

Welcome to the 2023 preseason kickoff of the Vikings Postgame Report from U.S. Bank Stadium. The Minnesota Vikings kicked off their home preseason season on Saturday night at U.S. Bank Stadium. Both Quarterbacks Nick Mullens and Jaren Hall each played a Half with Mullens starting off the festivities. Mullens finished the First Half going 13-of-23 passing for 151 yards while also taking 2 sacks.  H...

Welcome to the 2023 preseason kickoff of the Vikings Postgame Report from Lumen Field. The Minnesota Vikings kicked off their preseason campaign in the Emerald City, led by Quarterbacks Nick Mullens and Jaren Hall at the helm. Mullens finished his portion of the game going 14 of 20 passing for 139 yards, and a touchdown pass to Tight End Nick Muse in the 2nd Quarter.  The Vikings Offense jumped ou...

Welcome to the Season Finale edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The New York Giants defeated the Minnesota Vikings at U.S Bank Stadium on Sunday afternoon 31-24, bringing the Vikings season to a close. The Giants running game was the difference and both Saquon Barkley and Daniel Jones were the difference makers. Daniel threw for 301 yards and 2 passing touchdowns, but also added 78 rushing ya...

Welcome to the regular season finale of the Vikings Postgame Report from Soldier Field. The Minnesota Vikings led wire-to-wire in Chicago, capping off their thirteenth win of the season, the most since 2017. The first half of the game saw many Vikings starters in the game, including K.J. Osborn who had a stellar 5 receptions for 117 yards total. Alexander Mattison made the most of his 10 carries,...

Welcome to the Week 17 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. It was a rough start to 2023 for the Vikings, as they were overrun and unable to recover from early mistakes at Lambeau Field on Sunday afternoon. The first half saw a host of errors that gave Green Bay a comfortable lead, including: a pick six, a kick return touchdown, a Tonyan touchdown reception, and a doinked in 56-yard Mason Crosb...

Welcome to the Week 16 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. Tell me if you've heard this before? It was another back-and-forth game and the Vikings needed another last second score to secure the victory. This time, Greg Joseph stepped in to hit a Vikings record 61-yard field goal and the Vikings improved to 12-3. The Vikings Offense saw a host of memorable moments today, including: Justin Jeffe...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report from a jubilant U.S. Bank Stadium. The cardiac kids did it again... this time with the largest comeback in NFL history. After a host of errors and untimely mistakes, including a blocked punt for a touchdown and a Pick 6 the wrong way, the Indianapolis Colts jumped out to a 33-0 lead at halftime. The 3rd Quarter is when the Vikings went to work... The Vik...

Welcome to the Week 14 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings fall 34-23 to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Sunday afternoon and slipped to 10-3. There was a ton of offense in this game, especially in the 2nd-half. Justin Jefferson broke the Vikings franchise record for receiving yards in a single game, hauling in 10 receptions for 213 yards. Sammy White's single game receiving rec...

Welcome to the Week 13 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Minnesota Vikings hang on to improve to 10-2 on a 27-22 victory over the New York Jets. The Vikings jumped out to a 20-3 lead in the 2nd Quarter, but the Jets climbed back into the game on five Greg Zuerlein field goals and a late goal line touchdown by Quarterback Mike White. Mike White had a very big yardage game, finishing 31-of...

Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Minnesota Vikings beat the New England Patriots 33-26 at U.S. Bank Stadium, in a back-and-forth affair. Justin Jefferson did what he does and broke another record tonight. Justin passed Randy Moss' NFL record for the most yards by a receiver in the first 3 years of a career (4,186 total yards). Justin finished the game with 9...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Minnesota Vikings 40-3 in a lopsided affair at U.S. Bank Field on Sunday afternoon. The Cowboys utilized their run game to control the clock and Dak Prescott was efficient, going 22 of 25 for 276 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. In total, the Cowboys out gained the Vikings in yardage 458 to 183. The Vikings will need to forget...

Unbelievable. You're tuned into the Vikings Postgame Report and we're trying to catch our breath. The Vikings battled the Bills in Buffalo in a spine tingler. The Purple were down by 17 points with 1 minute left in the 3rd Quarter and staged an unbelievable comeback. The Vikings won the game after Greg Joseph hit a 33-yard field goal in OT and Patrick Peterson sealed the game with an endzone inter...

Welcome back to another victorious edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Minnesota Vikings continued their trend of finishing close games by outscoring the Commanders 13-7 in the 4th quarter and winning the game 20-17. The Commanders Defense gave the Vikings fits, but the Vikings Offense methodically moved the ball in the 4th Quarter and the Vikings Defense capitalized on mistakes by Taylor...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report. Your Minnesota Vikings make it five-in-a-row and improve to 6-1 in a 34-26 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Za'Darius Smith led the defensive charge with 3 sacks, as the Vikings Defense and Special Teams combined for a four sack, 3 turnover effort. Safeties Harrison Smith and Cam Bynum both added interceptions in the second half and the Vikings Defense w...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report. Your Minnesota Vikings improve to 5-1, outlasting the Miami Dolphins, 24-16. The win was a good way to go into the upcoming Bye Week, giving this team more positive momentum leading into the rest of the season. The Dolphins outgained the Vikings in multiple categories, including: total yards, time of possession and first downs. That being said, the bigg...

Welcome to the Week 5 edition of the Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings started out hot with a 21-3 start, but the Bears clawed their way back into the game, leading to a dramatic final drive by the Vikings. The Vikings capped off the game with a game sealing touchdown and 2-point conversion. A bunch of records were broken today, including Kirk Cousins braking Tommy Kramer's "consecutive passes...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report. Greg Joseph's five field goals propel the Vikings to a 3 - 1 record this season as the Minnesota Vikings get the win 28-25. Joseph's field goals from 28, 36, 24, 46, and 47 yards gave him a new personal record of five made kicks in a single game. Overall, Special Teams had a big day: Ryan Wright threw a 13-yard pass to Jalen Nailor on a fake punt that h...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report.  It was another chapter in the latest slugfest between your Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions. The Vikings get it done, 28 - 24, on a late 28-yard touchdown reception by WR K.J. Osborn. It was a bend-not-break effort and the Vikings running game kept the offense moving after the Lions jumped out to a 14 - 0 lead in the first half. Dalvin Cook, Ale...

Welcome back to the Vikings Postgame Report. Week 2 saw the Vikings on prime time on Monday Night Football in a late-night affair in Philadelphia. The Eagles outsprinted the Vikings 24 to 7, as all points were scored in the first half of the game. Philadelphia amassed 486 all-purpose yards, while the Vikings finished their night with just 264 yards. QB Kirk Cousins 3 interceptions dampened any mom...

Welcome back to the Week 1 version of the 2022 Vikings Postgame Report. The Vikings debuted a new look squad at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday afternoon and delivered Coach Kevin O'Connell's first win as head coach. Justin Jefferson had another stellar game finishing with 9 receptions, 184 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns. Quarterback Kirk Cousins kept the Offense humming throwing for 23 of...